10 USC § 705a - Rest and recuperation absence: certain members undergoing extended deployment to a combat zone

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title: "10 USC § 705a - Rest and recuperation absence: certain members undergoing extended deployment to a combat zone"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "705a"
section_name: "Rest and recuperation absence: certain members undergoing extended deployment to a combat zone"
chapter_number: 40
chapter_name: "LEAVE"
part_number: "II"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, § 532(a), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4216; amended Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VI, § 618(e), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1426.)"
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# § 705a. Rest and recuperation absence: certain members undergoing extended deployment to a combat zone

**(a)** **Rest and Recuperation Authorized.—** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary concerned may provide a member of the armed forces described in subsection (b) the benefits described in subsection (c).

**(b)** **Covered Members.—** A member of the armed forces described in this subsection is any member who—

**(1)** is assigned or deployed for at least 270 days in an area or location—

**(A)** that is designated by the President as a combat zone; and

**(B)** in which hardship duty pay is authorized to be paid under section 305 or 352(a) of title 37; and

**(2)** meets such other criteria as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe in the regulations required by subsection (a).

**(c)** **Benefits.—** The benefits described in this subsection are the following:

**(1)** A period of rest and recuperation absence for not more than 15 days.

**(2)** Round-trip transportation at Government expense from the area or location in which the member is serving in connection with the exercise of the period of rest and recuperation.

**(d)** **Construction With Other Leave.—** Any benefits provided a member under this section are in addition to any other leave or absence to which the member may be entitled.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, § 532(a), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4216; amended Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VI, § 618(e), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1426.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2017—Subsec. (b)(1)(B).  inserted “or 352(a)” after “section 305”.